McDonogh #35 Senior High School Marching Band, photo by AshleyLorraine
Live in America
The Live in America Festival gathers artists and thinkers from across America’s distinctive cultural landscape to share and celebrate the power of communities in performance. This festival of live performance and cultural practice features more than 300 artists from a diverse array of communities: Las Vegas, Nevada; Ciudad Juárez, Mexico-El Paso, Texas border region; Northwest Arkansas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Sumter Co. Alabama; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Detroit, Michigan; the Pueblo, Diné, Hopi, and Apache Nations of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in partnership with Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island.
From Two-Spirit powwows to queer Carribbean cabarets, from New Orleans bounce music to Detroit blues, from fantastical Vegas light scapes to the layered sounds of Border bridges, Live in America empowers its diverse teams of artists to present art built by their communities, grounded in community practice, and serving community purposes. With these performances and cultural practices, the artists of Live in America ask audiences to consider, connect, and create exchange.
Admission to all festival events is free for all but reservations are required.
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Imagining festival as a justice-oriented space for enriching communities, uplifting histories, and building a shared sense of stewardship.
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In June 2022, eight communities from across the U.S., its territories, and Mexico will gather to celebrate the power and potency of communities in performance. Help support the launch of the first ever Live in America Festival with a donation!
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